CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - The Clarksville Police Department has been quarantined and specialists from Fort Campbell were summoned to identify a suspicious package found near the station. Citing scanner traffic, the Leaf-Chronicle reported that "the station may be contaminated by an undisclosed hazardous biological substance."
Officials blocked off Commerce Street, where the station is located, from Riverside Drive to First Street. Mayor Johnny Piper said someone brought in an unknown substance into the station earlier Monday.
"We want the public to know in this particular area that they are safe. It has been determined that this is not an airborne threat," Piper said in a news conference Monday night. "The local citizens who live in this area should be aware and not to be concerned about their health."
Piper said it was some type of foreign substance and that he was not aware of any threats made against any officials or agencies. Police said motorists should avoid the area near the police department Monday night and Tuesday morning because several streets were closed. The department will be closed for at least the next day as the investigation continues.
No other confirmed details are available at this time. Stay with NewsChannel 5.com for more information as it becomes available.
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Weird! I guess we’ll have to wait until tomorrow to find out if it really is smallpox contamination.
I had my smallpox vaccination in 1945. I wonder if it is still good???
Thanks very much for the ping.
It’s a pretty sad release by the Mayor saying “We want the public to know in this particular area that they are safe. It has been determined that this is not an airborne threat,”
No one could even know that in the first hours. The person bringing this in if it’s real could be exposed, where was he previously and with whom etc.?
If this is what we can expect in an emergency from these idiots then we are all sitting ducks.